Space mission
NEAR Shoemaker
NASA's Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous mission, the first spacecraft to orbit an asteroid (433 Eros, 2000) and the first to soft-land on one (2001).
- Type
- Space mission
- Domain
- Scientific connections
- Connections
- 10
NASA/JPL/JHUAPL · NASA media (public domain)
- Type: Space mission
- Domain: Scientific connections
Experience system V6
Mission dossier
A mission-story layout that emphasizes target bodies, spacecraft, timeline, agency, and evidence-backed status.
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Observe
NASA imagery anchors the visual reading with licensed source metadata.
- 02
Measure
Measurement panels use graph coverage, catalog identifiers, and source availability without inventing values.
- 03
Locate
Visited 433 Eros.
- 04
Connect
10 graph relations shape the knowledge viewport.
- Object type
- Space mission
- Graph relations
- 10
- Verified sources
- 2
- Image records
- 4
- Domain
- Scientific connections
- Status
- Graph entity
Scientific map
Mission context
- Visited
433 Eros
- Member of group
Orbiter Mission
- Member of group
Rendezvous Mission
- Member of group
Lander Mission
Original SVG diagram
Mission architecture
- Agency
- Not recorded
- Launch year
- Not recorded
- Mission type
- Not recorded
- Status
- Not recorded
Visual knowledge graph
Relationships, not isolated facts
This viewport is generated from the Asteria knowledge graph. Science, culture, and interpretive links remain separated by domain so visual context never changes the evidentiary meaning of a relation.
- Visited433 Eros
- Orbited433 Eros
- Landed on433 Eros
- Launched byDelta II
- Member of groupFlyby Mission
- Member of groupLander Mission
- Operated byNASA
- Member of groupOrbiter Mission
Image provenance
Photography as evidence
NEAR Shoemaker Path
NASA/JPL/JHUAPL · NASA media (public domain)
Landmarks at NEAR Shoemaker Touchdown Site
NASA/JPL/JHUAPL · NASA media (public domain)
Location of the NEAR Shoemaker Landing Site
NASA/JPL/JHUAPL · NASA media (public domain)
Eros Global Morphology
NASA/JPL/JHUAPL · NASA media (public domain)
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Curated next objects
433 Eros
A near-Earth asteroid orbited by NASA's NEAR Shoemaker.
mission classOrbiter Mission
A spacecraft that enters orbit around a small body to map it globally over time — NEAR at Eros, Dawn at Vesta and Ceres, Rosetta at comet 67P.
mission classRendezvous Mission
A spacecraft that matches a small body's orbit and stays with it for an extended study, rather than flying past. Rendezvous enables detailed mapping and, often, orbiting or landing.
mission classLander Mission
A spacecraft (or a deployed element) that touches down on a small body's surface — Philae on comet 67P, NEAR on Eros, and the touchdown sampling of Hayabusa and Hayabusa2.
mission classFlyby Mission
A spacecraft that passes a small body once at high speed, gathering images and data during a brief encounter. Flybys are the cheapest way to reach a new target — Giotto at Halley, Deep Space 1 at Borrelly, Lucy at the Trojans.
launch vehicleDelta II
A highly reliable medium-lift workhorse that launched GPS satellites and many NASA planetary missions, including the Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity and the Kepler telescope.
Observation
How this was captured
- Source
- NASA
- Observation date
- 2001-02-17
Gallery
Location of the NEAR Shoemaker Landing Site
2001
NASA/JPL/JHUAPL · NASA media (public domain)
Data
Scientific data & provenance
Data & provenance
- Stable ID
space_mission:near-shoemaker- Type
- Space mission
- Domain
- Scientific connections
- Relationships
- 10
- Graph version
- 1.0.0
Dataset membership
Open data
In the graph export: graph.json · graph.jsonld
Planned API: GET /api/v0/entities/space_mission:near-shoemaker
Scientific quality
Partial4 of 7 applicable dimensions complete
- Description
- Complete
- Source coverage
- Complete
- Relationship coverage
- Complete
- Review coverage
- None
- Citation coverage
- None
- Image coverage
- Complete
- Timeline coverage
- None
Scientific entity. Dimensions that cannot apply to this object are excluded rather than counted as gaps. See the evidence framework and authority dashboard.
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Sources & references
The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.
- NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mission data, planetary science, space telescopes, and public-domain imagery.
Most NASA-produced imagery is in the public domain; individual items are checked for usage terms before publication.
- NASA JPLJet Propulsion Laboratory / Solar System Dynamics
Orbital data, ephemerides, and small-body parameters for planets, asteroids, and comets.